Ken Moffat wrote: > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 07:22:03PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Fernando wrote: >>> I have built without libcap, erased "-u ntp:ntp" from the bootscript. >>> and it is running fine in SVN > 7.3 as in their older sisters. >>> >>> Is it unsafe, or are there other reasons for the modification? > > I wish I could see Fernando's original post, but like all his > posts this week I'm only seeing what gets quoted in replies. I've > got problems with ntp on desktop systems. On LFS-svn-20130423 I > built it without noticing that the change in BLFS had added an ntp > user, and I failed to notice that the BLFS-bootscripts had been > updated. I *thought* I got it to work by adding an ntp user and > group, but my memory might be wrong. > > I then built 20130429 to try to fix the issues I'd seen in my own > build, and to move to newer LFS versions. So, I added the ntp user > and group, and used what were the then current BLFS bootscripts. > But I still had to alter the bootscript [ this time, by removing the > user and group ] because ntp continued to report something along the > lines of "running as a user is deprecated" - that's from memory, I'm > on my netbook without convenient access to my notes. > > Obviously, when someone has been prepared to do the work to run a > daemon as a user instead of as root, I applaud the effort and cannot > reasonably object. That's why I've kept quite until now, but it > does start to sound as if it isn't only me who has problems with > this ?
My post was from (very dated) memory. I have not kept up on the details. I now see from the man page that -u is only available with --enable-linuxcaps -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
